The TwinPolitics Ocean Seminar Series creates a space for discussion between experts from academia, policymaking, and NGOs to exchange ideas on ocean governance. The focus is on recent developments in data, science, and technology—particularly the Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO)—and its role in shaping policies and practices.
The first term runs from March to June 2025, covering topics ranging from the EU DTO’s introduction and its potential role in decision-making to critical analyses of new data technologies and their normative and political implications for ocean governance.
Programme Schedule
🔹 March 26, 2025 | 5:00-6:30 PM (CET)
The EU Digital Twin Ocean, a Signature Initiative of the EU Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters
🎙 Speaker: Nicolas Segebarth, Policy Officer in Ocean, Seas, and Waters Unit of DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
🔹 April 30, 2025 | 5:00-6:30 PM (CET)
The Ongoing Construction of the EU DTO
🎙 Speaker: Alain Arnaud, Head of Digital Ocean Program, Mercator Ocean International
🔹 May 28, 2025 | 5:00-6:30 PM (CET)
Steering Representations—Towards a Critical Understanding of Digital Twins in Environmental Governance
🎙 Speaker: Paulan Korenhof, Assistant Professor, Environmental Policy Chair Group (ENP), Wageningen University and Research (WUR)
🔹 June 18, 2025 | 5:00-6:30 PM (CET)
Ocean Data Science Initiatives and the Making of Ocean Worlds
🎙 Speaker: Elizabeth Havice, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Join Us!
📌 Register here: https://mailchi.mp/ed2568d2b8dd/ocean-seminar-lecture-series
📌 More information: https://twinpolitics.eu/
The session will be recorded. The recordings will be made available to the public after receiving consent from the speakers.
Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Alice Vadrot – TwinPolitics Principal investigator, University of Vienna – alice.vadrot@univie.ac.at
Seminar Organiser – The TwinPolitics Team, Universtiy of Vienna – twinpolitics.erc.powi@univie.ac.at
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101124903 – TwinPolitics – ERC-2024-STG). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
